Top-roll saddle.



E. DIXON.

TOP ROLL SADDLE. APPLICATION FILED APR.12, 1906.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

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TOP-ROLL SADDLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EZRA DIXON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bristol, in the county of Bristol and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Top-Roll Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an 1111- provement in top roll saddles and more par ticularly to an improvement in the construction of the front top roll saddle and the weight stirrup.

In top roll saddles where notches are used in the front saddle to hold the upper end of the weight stirrup in the adjusted position, the weight stirrup through the vibration of the machine or other causes is liable to jar out of the notches and become misplaced, thus ruining the fine adjustment of the weight stirrup on the saddle required in cor-- tain counts of yarn.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of top roll saddles whereby the weight stirrup is adjustable on the front saddle and locked in the adjusted position.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of the front top roll saddle and the upper end of the weight stirrup, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a side view of the top roll saddles, showing the weight stirrup locked to the front saddle and the saddles in their operative position on the journals of the top rolls. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the front saddle, showing the catch on the upper end of the weight stirrup in the locked position. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View through the front saddle. Fig. 4 is a face view of the upper end of the weight stirrup, showing the catch inthe unlocked position, and Fig. 5 is a face view of the upper end of a weight stirrup, showing the modified form of catch.

In the drawings, a a indicate the top roll journals, 6 the back saddle, 0 the front saddle, and d the weight stirrup. The back saddle b has the usual bearings 6 6 for the back and intermediate top roll journals. The front saddle c has the bearing 7 for the front top roll journal and the roW of up- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 12, 1906.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Serial No. 311,330.

wardly-extending projections 8 8 forming the deep notches 9 9 on the top of the saddle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The weight stirrup (Z has the square opening 10 in the upper edge of which is the nick 11 for the projections 8 8 and the catch 12 pivotally secured to the end of the weight stirrup by the rivet 13 in a position for the short end 14: of the catch to cover or uncover the nick 11, as shown in Figs. 2 and at, otherwise the front saddle and the weight stirrup may have the usual construction of front saddles and weight stirrups.

The weight stirrup (Z is adjusted on the front saddle by moving the weight stirrup over the saddle lengthwise, the saddle passing through the opening 10 and the projections 8 8 through the nick 11 in the weight stirrup and secured in the adjusted.

position by turning the. catch 12 so as to bring the short end 1 1 of the catch into a notch 9 in the top of the saddle and cover up the nick 11 in the weight stirrup, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In the regular form, as shown in Figs. 2 and i, the stirrup is locked to the saddle in a notch 9 by raisin the long arm 15 of the catch 12 into a vertical position and in the modified form, as shown in Fig. 5, the stirrup is locked to the saddle by depressing the long arm of the catch 12 into a horizontal position, as shown in broken lines.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A weight stirrup cl having a square opening 10 in the upper edge of which is a nick 11, a catch 12 having the short arm 1 and the long arm 15 and pivotally secured to the weight stirrup by a rivet 13 in a position for the short arm 14 to cover or uncover the notch 11, as described.

2. The combination of a front top roll saddle 0 having a row of upwardly-extending projections 8 8 forming a series of deep notches 9 9 on the top of the saddle and a weight stirrup (Z having a square opening 10 for the saddle c and in the upper edge of which is a nick 11 for the projections 8 8 on the saddle, and a catch 12 having the short arm 14 and the long arm 15 and pivotally secured to the Weight stirrup by a rivet 13 name to this specification in the presence in a positionhfor tlhe shorlft1 an; 1% to covlexy of two subscribing witnesses. or uneven t e nick 11" were ft e wei t v I ir. r. T stirrup d is adjustable on the Zaddle 0 End EARA DIXON 5 locked in the adjusted position to the saddle, Witnesses:

as described. i E. HAGERTY,

In testimony whereof I have signed my J A. MILLER. 

